In Death Reborn

In Death Reborn
A seated man wearing a gas mask
Studio album by
Army of the Pharaohs
ReleasedApril 22, 2014
Recorded2012–2014
Genre
Length57:09
LabelEnemy Soil
Producer
  • Blastah Beatz
  • C-Lance
  • Vanderslice
  • Stu Bangas
  • Paul Nice
  • Frank Grimes
  • Leaf Dog
  • Apathy
  • Juan Muteniac
  • Panik
  • Lecs Beats
  • Grim Reaperz
Army of the Pharaohs chronology
The Unholy Terror
(2010) 		In Death Reborn
(2014) 		Heavy Lies the Crown
(2014)
Singles from In Death Reborn
  1. "God Particle"
    Released: March 11, 2014
  2. "Curse of the Pharaohs"
    Released: April 7, 2014
  3. "The Demon's Blade"
    Released: June 4, 2014

In Death Reborn is the fourth studio album by the underground hip hop collective Army of the Pharaohs. The album was released on April 22, 2014, via Vinnie Paz's independent record label, Enemy Soil.[1] The album features members Vinnie Paz, Apathy, Blacastan, Block McCloud, Celph Titled, Crypt The Warchild, Demoz, Des Devious, Doap Nixon, Esoteric, King Magnetic, King Syze, Planetary, Reef the Lost Cauze and Zilla, with a guest appearance by Lawrence Arnell.[2] The only member who did not appear on the album was Jus Allah, also affiliated with Jedi Mind Tricks;[3] it was later confirmed that Allah had left both groups.

It was confirmed on February 11, 2014, that the album's production team included Stu Bangas, C-Lance, Leaf Dog, Panik and Army of the Pharaohs' Apathy, including new faces who had not produced for the group.[4] To promote In Death Reborn, Paz released The Flawless Victory mixtape on March 2, 2014.[5] Reef the Lost Cauze released a collaboration album, Fast Way, with producer Emyd on March 9, 2014.[6] Although member Doap Nixon only appeared on "7th Ghost" due to personal issues, he said he would be more of a presence on the LP due for release in November.[7] King Syze released his fourth studio album, Union Terminology, one month before the album's release.[8] Apathy pushed back the release date of Connecticut Casual from April to June to favor In Death Reborn.[9] A week before In Death Reborn's release, Zilla announced that he was working on Martyr Musick: his fourth studio album, scheduled for release in June 2014.[10] In Death Reborn was one of the two albums that were stated to be released in 2014 by the group. The second being Heavy Lies the Crown which was released on October 21, 2014.[11][12]

The album peaked at number 16 and 63 on the US Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums and Billboard 200 charts, respectively,[13][14] and peaked on the UK R&B Albums chart at number 33.[15] In Death Reborn received generally average-to-positive reviews. Online Rap album reviewer RapReviews gave the album a score of 5.5/10 crediting the production of the album as "solid rather than outstanding".[16] HipHopDX gave it a score of 3.5/5 stating that the album preserves Hip Hop's Golden Era and asserts the groups current relevance.[17] The Canadian music magazine Exclaim! rated it 7/10, describing the album as "a tough listen for some" but for those who are looking for "no-nonsense hard street music".[18]

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  4. ^ "PodOmatic | Podcast – Conspiracy Worldwide Hip Hop Radio – [Part 1] *THE TOTAL REBIRTH SPECIAL * w/ live guests EMINEM's right hand man DENAUN PORTER – RAPPER BIG POOH – WESTSIDEGUNN – STS – HIGH FOCUS RECORDS' LEE SCOTT – WORLD PREMIERES and more". Conspiracyworldwide.podomatic.com. Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
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  8. ^ King Syze [@KINGSYZE] (8 March 2014). "Download my new single "Due Process" here #unionterminology #march25th #aotpseasonbegins" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ Apathy [@ApathyDGZ] (23 January 2014). "NEWS: Connecticut Casual release is being pushed back to May. AOTP is dropping in April" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  10. ^ "TUV – V-Zilla [Interview]". YouTube. 2014-04-08. Archived from the original on 2016-02-04. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
  11. ^ "Army of the Pharaohs : Heavy Lies The Crown". Jmthiphop.com. Archived from the original on 2014-09-28. Retrieved 2015-07-09.
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  15. ^ "Official R&B Albums Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-14. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  16. ^ "Army of the Pharaohs :: In Death Reborn :: Enemy Soil/Babygrande". RapReviews. May 6, 2014. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  17. ^ Burgess, Omar (May 10, 2014). "Army Of The Pharaohs – In Death Reborn". HipHopDX. Cheri Media Group. Archived from the original on December 3, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
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